Reader letters

John Thornton suggests that the process of voting ‘has failed miserably to keep pace with social and technological change’ (‘Vote with your finger’, April 23–29). Read more...

The comment piece ‘Taking charge’ advocated that politicians and public sector leaders ‘be brave’ and introduce top-up fees (April 23–29). The illustration of an M6 Toll sign had the caption: ‘Toll roads show how top-up charges can work’. Read more...

Your story, ‘Police forces could face huge staffing cuts, watchdog warns’ (March 19–25), refers to value-for-money assessments showing Hertfordshire Police spending ‘proportionally more than three times what Durham spends on human resources staff’. Read more...

I was very sad to read your article on the likely demise of election night counts (‘Out for the count: is the end of late-night elections?’, News Analysis, March 19–25). Read more...

David Williams is probably right when he suggests that the Private  Members’ Bill giving councils more powers might not make the statute book, even with ministerial support from the Department for Communities & Local Government (‘Ministers back MP’s Bill to give councils more scrutiny powers’, January 15–21). Read more...

You wrote, in a somewhat sceptical tone, about the future of inspection (‘Pillar talk’, January 15–21). Read more...

Adrian Ringrose, the chief executive of Interserve, is missing the point when he says: ‘It’s very insulting to the 20,000 people that my company employs who work in public services to say that, because they work for a business that wants to make a profit, it means they don’t care any more about the service they are delivering’ (Adrian Ringrose profile, November 20–26). Read more...